"I've not failed, but I've found 10,000 ways that won't work."
- Thomas A. Edison
The above quote by Thomas Alva Edison is referenced commonly in the context of making a light bulb. Well, I'm not very fond of this quote - as 10,000 right be an exaggerated number, but more so because the quote tries to put a positive spin on the failure.
Well, if failure is of not deriving the desired result, then let's first accept and acknowledge that those 10,000 ways were not about knowing what doesn't work but about failing in all those attempts.
However, what is commendable is one's ability to not give up despite encountering such failure. We often fail once, maybe twice and then start questioning our move, get disheartened or lose track of our path. Being persistent in the idea that there will be a way that can work, and working consistently, being completely immersed into the cause will lead to a new creation that will light up the world! (in the case of this example, it quite literally did)
Creation is inadvertent if one is willing to continue the stride in whole integrity despite failures.
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